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I got my half the part of my new braces today - and they are terrible! I have an excruciation toothache and I literally cannot eat anymore. I have tried and tried but I cant chew and the food always get stuck behind the braces.
The braces sit on the "roof" of the mouth. It curves down from one side of the mouth to the other. I will be getting the "train" braces - if that is what you call them. These lay on the surface of the teeth.
1) I cannot eat.
2) I will probably look like shit - I was going to ask someone out, but now I really feel down.
3) They are extremely uncomfortable.
I will be having these for two years - how will I solve this problem?
This is more of a rant though. Thanks for listening.
The braces sit on the "roof" of the mouth. It curves down from one side of the mouth to the other. I will be getting the "train" braces - if that is what you call them. These lay on the surface of the teeth.
1) I cannot eat.
2) I will probably look like shit - I was going to ask someone out, but now I really feel down.
3) They are extremely uncomfortable.
I will be having these for two years - how will I solve this problem?
This is more of a rant though. Thanks for listening.
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If your not born with it, perfect teeth come with a price. But teeth are a very important thing. IMO, a persons teeth, the crookedness, color, shape, size everything really aids in a persons aperance.
And just think of the lovely teeth you'll have after!
Nobody I know has the "roof" braces. That's how they lure death.
I'll be eating soup for two years. Perhaps the toothache will go away, but then the food will get stuck. Other people with braces have worse teeth than me, but I don't see them getting the "special" treatment.
Think of the results though! :hyper:
And plus, if its anything like over here, i'm sure in time you'll appreciate that your parents spent thousands of [insert your currency] on it.
You get used to them after a few days. Of course they're going to be a pain in the ass at first.
Can you take the roof braces out? or are they the permanant ones?
I could take the roof braces out when eating and the "traintracks" didn't bother me at all after I got used to them. You just have to brush your teeth after you eat because food does get stuck in them but you're suposed to do that with them anyway.
Permanent ones unfortunately.
I haven't got the rail tracks on yet. I'm sure they'll be nothing compare to this.
Evil! I feel for you!
You will get used to them. Might just take a while.
Good luck! :thumb:
Don't count on it mate! I had them for 2 years and they were a right pain. The worse thing was going to have them made tighter, twas painful
One bit of advice, when you finally get them all taken off and get the 'gum shield' type retainers to wear for a while.. please please wear them!! I didn't wear mine for as long as I should have and I regret it now - my front teeth have parted a bit (even tho that wasn't the orginal problem!) and I really wish I'd done as I was told and kept them on
And don't let it get you down... just cos you've got a bit of metal in your mouth doesn't mean you can't ask someone out!
At the end of the day, it's worth the end result.
I had it really bad... I had extream over crowding to the point where I had 2 teeth behind the front row of teeth.
I had the braces you have now for 3 years, and then train tracks for 2 years... before they could do that though, I needed 6 baby teeth and 4 adult teeth removed over a period of a few months...
All in all a very painfully and crap experience... BUT after it was all done, I have very nice straight teeth now, and im glad of it, you get used to waring them and its all worth it in the end!
I have to have two wisdom teeth taken out in a few months, and I'am NOT looking forward to, particually as I have to have it done under general anathestic.